Editor's note: The video above originally aired Aug. 1, 2024
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – New Yorkers have started getting their Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, sending them searching for apartments with some financial support.
Over the summer, the city opened the Section 8 waitlist for the first time since 2009, which drew over 600,000 applicants. Only 200,000 made it onto the waitlist, and now those applicants face additional steps before turning the key in their new apartments.